Our team
Meet the team behind AIR Hub.
The Aerostructures Innovation Research (AIR) Hub is bringing together industry and research to deliver innovation in aerostructures. Combining expertise from across 51²è¹ÝUniversity of Technology, the AIR Hub team is driving research in areas including digitalisation, advanced manufacturing processes, multi-functional materials, clean propulsion systems and advanced air operations.
Leadership team
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Pat Burka
Acting Director, Aerostructures Innovation Research Hub (AIR Hub) -
Dr Mark Redmond
Employee Experience Manager, Aerostructures Innovation Research (AIR) Hub -
Dr Mohammad Ravandi
Research Manager, Aerostructures Innovation Research (AIR) Hub -
Adam Groszek
Technical Manager, Aerostructures Innovation Research (AIR) Hub
Research Fellows
Madeline Van Dongen
mvandongen@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Sadegh Ghanei
sghanei@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Andreas Hendlmeier
ahendlmeier@swinburne.edu.au
Research Engineers
Stephen Hardiman
shardiman@swinburne.edu.au
Alex Cardew-Hall
acardewhall@swinburne.edu.au
Jacob Smalley
jsmalley@swinburne.edu.au
Mohammed Masri
mmasri@swinburne.edu.au
PhD and Masters Candidates
Abad Alrahman Almardini
aalmardini@swinburne.edu.au
Andrew Che
ache@swinburne.edu.au
Demeke Abay Ashebir
dabay@swinburne.edu.au
Dongye Gao
dgao@swinburne.edu.au
George Miris
gmiris@swinburne.edu.au
Jinze Wang
jinzewang@swinburne.edu.au
Maheshi Gunaratne
mgunaratne@swinburne.edu.au
May Smith
maysmith@swinburne.edu.au
Michael Jurdana
mjurdana@swinburne.edu.au
Muzaffar Chumroo
mchumroo@swinburne.edu.au
Sean Gong
jgong@swinburne.edu.au
Srikar Dandangi
sdandangi@swinburne.edu.au
Tharun Dharmawickrema
tdharmawickrema@swinburne.edu.au
Thomas Luke
tluke@swinburne.edu.au
Varnith Diwakar
vdiwakar@swinburne.edu.au
Venkatesh Gangipamula
vgangipamula@swinburne.edu.au
Zahra Khajehsaeidimahabadi
zkhajehsaeidimahabad@swinburne.edu.au
51²è¹Ýecosystem
Professor Virginia Kilborn
Chief Scientist
vkilborn@swinburne.edu.au
Professor Suresh Palanisamy
Director, Manufacturing Futures Research Platform
spalanisamy@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Nisa Salim
Director, Swinburne-CSIRO National Testlab for Composite Additive Manufacturing
nsalim@swinburne.edu.au
Professor Dong Ruan
Chair, Department of Mechanical and Product Design Engineering
druan@swinburne.edu.au
Professor Yvonne Durandet
Associate Professor, Advanced Manufacturing
ydurandet@swinburne.edu.au
Professor Saulius Juodkazis
Head of the Nanotechnology Research Facility
sjuodkazis@swinburne.edu.au
Professor Anita Kocsis
Director, Design Factory Melbourne
akocsis@swinburne.edu.au
Professor Zheng Lei
Department Chair, Aviation
zlei@swinburne.edu.au
Professor Dimitrios Georgakopoulos
Professor, Computer Science
dgeorgakopoulos@swinburne.edu.au
Associate Professor Justin Leontini
Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering
jleontini@swinburne.edu.au
Associate Professor Jiong Jin
Associate Professor
jiongjin@swinburne.edu.au
Associate Professor Jamal Naser
Associate Professor
jnaser@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Mostafa Nikzad
Senior Lecturer in Advanced Manufacturing & Materials
mnikzad@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Mehran Motamed Ektesabi
Associate Professor
mektesabi@swinburne.edu.au
Contact the AIR Hub
Are you from industry and want to get involved? Are you a member of the community and want to know more? Perhaps you are a student interested in a scholarship? Whatever your query, get in touch with us at airhub@swinburne.edu.au.